Drive-By Post Before I Vanish To Do Laundry

[redbrunja]

Someone online mentioned a Beauty & The Beast Castle that I need to go see while I'm in France. Is this ringing anyone's bells?

Also...

-What does Gojyo's shampoo smell like? I assume, with his hair, he probably using something fairly quality, but I can't think of what. I'm tempted to go with Tea Tree Oil Shampoo, which smells minty and green and tingles pleasantly, but since that's what I use, I'm not sure it's allowed.

-During the summer pzb, my mother, possibly renegadekitsuneand I had a conversation about the ikkou's musical taste, which is notable for the way every single person said immediately, 'Gojyo listens to rock.' Which is kind of a gimme, but still, aren't we sympathico? So my question is, what are the ikkou's musical guilty pleasures? What is the music that Gojyo plays that Hakkai actually likes? For Gojyo himself, I think he wouldn't admit to liking Ray Lamontagne, but would because that artist  has this wonderful sense of romance combined with the doubt that love even exists. (Go listen to "Jolene" - it's gorgeous and totally on my 'Forget Me Not' playlist, and only smillaraaqis going to know what that means.) 

Also, I went to Giverny today, which is where Monet painted and it was utterly gorgeous and so, so peaceful, I just wanted to stay there listening to music and looking at the flowers, in this lovely, hazy misty morning, with a truly lovely dove-gray sky and the birds chirping.

What was less fun was that while I was walking to Monet's house I had my head turned and walked straight into the lamp post that was for some unfathomable reason in the middle of the sidewalk. Seriously, it was a total slap-stick moment; I expected to see Charlie Chaplan hanging around. Almost as painful as it was embarrassing.

Comments

[mzminola.livejournal.com]

I figured Gojyo just used the little complimentary bottles of shampoo in the hotels.

Ow. Hope you didn't bruise anything.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

That is highly possible. Expect they suck for your hair over long periods of time, and frankly, I think Gojyo is vain enough that prior/post traveling, he bought at the very least decent shampoo.

I'm less worried about bruising and more worried that this is going to be the straw that will force me to need to get a chiropractic adjustement here, and I don't even want to think about what that will cost.

[mzminola.livejournal.com]

Maybe he just steals Hakkai's. Or Sanzo's when he's in a pissy mood.

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

See, I've known enough guys with really pretty long hair that they took really horrible care of, that I can sort of see Gojyo just grabbing whatever stuff was the cheapest, or the first thing he saw on the shelf, and maybe not being so fussy about what it smells like since he does smoke a lot. If he were to be fussy about shampoo I can see it maybe being after he notices that the scent of a particular brand really gets him a lot of compliments from the bargirls -- but at the same time, I can sort of see him being a little conflicted about that sort of attention, given all of his ISSUES about his hair?

Along with really loud, crunchy rock, I can almost see Gojyo being a bit into dance music -- maybe not collecting it or listening to it outside of the clubs, but he's so graceful and confident in movement that it seems like he'd be a natural on the dancefloor...ESPECIALLY once he figured out how much women tend to like a man who's a good dancer!

Goku, I'm not so sure about. Sanzo, I think I can mostly tell what he WOULDN'T like -- anything that annoys him, which would probably be anything too loud, or too catchy, or too popular so it's hard to avoid (that goes double for anything Gojyo likes.) I have a feeling that getting earworms would make him really, really grumpy, and he hardly needs any assistance there!

Hakkai strikes me as the classical sort, maybe even an opera lover: all those heightened over-the-top passions and doomed lovers might strike a chord with him, it's a way of wallowing in those intense emotions he doesn't generally let show.

(Oh hey, speaking of music, did you already get the last batch of stuff I uploaded for you last week?)

[pzb.livejournal.com]

I think Hakkai would generally listen to classical too, but I think he'd also have a secret love for heavy metal and techno (although I doubt he'd include it in his personal list of favorites. XD)

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, maybe really operatic artsy metal like Nightwish and Onmyou-za!

(...of course, now my inner 585 shipper will NEVER be able to listen to "Kappa Odori" with a straight face ever again!)

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Oh hell yeah Gojyo is a good dancer. 'Cause you know that he has to be pretty damn graceful to do all the stuff he does with his shajokou, plus the ladies like it, combined with the fact that dancing is a great way to touch people, and chances are, on the dance floor, someone who wouldn't have sex with you will get a little physical on the dance floor.

You're right, Hakkai would really connect with opera.

Frankly, I think Sanzo wouldn't really like any music. He'd consider it a waste of effort/useless noise, imho.

And speaking of music, I just today was able to get the last of those songs. I love 'Gamblers' and 'As for you'. So perfect for Gojyo/Doku. Does Oysterband know they're writing Gojyo's theme songs?

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

Probably not, but I'm surely not going to tell them and jinx it! ;)

Which reminds me, they've got a new album out for the first time in ages, I need to go check a couple of places that are good for imports and see if they've got it. Being an Oysters fan in the US is not an easy thing.

[fantomfantasy.livejournal.com]

Hi! I miss hanging out with you. How is France? Are your classes going well? School just started here.

The castle they are mentioning is in the middle of france. I think they mean Neuschwanstein castle, but that is in Germany. I have always wanted to go there. Looking on the internet I found The Castle of Sleeping Beauty (Chateau d'Usse). I believe it is in the Loir Valley.

Miss you,
Kristina

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Hi! Oh, it's so good to hear from you! I miss you so much, and can't wait to hang out when I get back.

France is lovely, however, most of my classmates kind of suck, and I'm not thrilled with my roomate - you were so, so, so, much nicer to live with.

I have a feeling it was the Chateau d'Usse that was mentioned, and I have hopes that I might be going there. *crosses fingers*

I miss you back, and could you e-mail me your adress (redbrunja@yahoo.com)? I'd love to send you a post card. And are you and Madeline hanging out? Is it difficult to see people now that you're not at Ridgeway? Anyway, if you see her, give her a hug from me, and tell me I want her adress to.

Also, how are you liking the suite layout? Is your roomate situation going well?

lots of love,
redbrunja

[renegadekitsune.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I said the stuff about Usse! It's totally the Sleeping Beauty castle. Go check it out.

And I think Gojyo and Queen go hand in hand...PZB and I had a chat about this.....As it were, I think Gojyo's guilty pleasure would be Jazz.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I'll try. I'm going to be going to the Loire Valley in a couple weeks, and hopefully that's on the iterirary.

I can see Gojyo liking jazz - espeically those whiskey-voiced women whose voices sound like smoke and sin.

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, I may need to give you some Judy Henske next...

[droiche.livejournal.com]

Herm. I imagine Gojyo would prefer better quality shampoo, but he's probably forced to go with whatever he can afford. I'm not sure what brands are available in China and Japan. Anywho, I've had a great deal of success with Fructis Long & Strong - around 5 bucks a bottle and it does the job. As for scents, I think he'd go for vanilla or coconut which can be had in most affordable brands. I can see him getting Suave in a pinch.

Woo music. I would guess they would like whatever matches their overall personalities.

Genjyo: jazz, classical, ambient, folk, rhythm & blues, blues, rock & pop (nothing overwhelmingly popular of course)

Gojyo: hard rock, bluegrass, country & western, glam metal

Hakkai: jazz, classical, opera, showtunes

Goku: pop, rap, death metal, maybe goth, any contemporary music you can dance to.


Yeah. I think they would like some of the same genres, but would differ about which musicians and sub-genres they prefer.

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

I don't know the Chinese brands, but in Japan Shiseido would be a good option for higher-end department-store type shampoos, and Kanebo seems really popular for more of an everyday drugstore-type brand (I can usually find a couple of different "flavors" of Kanebo Naive on the shelves at the bigger Asian markets in the region, and if it's popular enough that folks are demanding it in exports you know it's got to be a big thing.)

And judging by this post (http://smt.blogs.com/mari_diary/2005/07/asian_conscious.html), it looks like some of the big Western brands like Pantene are also readily available in the Japanese market. So, considering that Gojyo smokes Japanese Hi-Lites and Sanzo smokes American Marlboro reds (*shudder*), if you really want to have the boy using some particular brand, you can probably handwave it if it's something from a reasonably big company. :)

[droiche.livejournal.com]

Aye. Given that he gambles for a living, I doubt he can afford to be so picky that he'd buy only posh stuff. ^_^

I've read that the average Chinese entrepreneur is rather gung ho about getting popular American merchandise to sell. It digits that Gojyo would find working class to middle class priced American shampoo in China. (He'd get it cheaper than tourists would too, and for less than the price here in the US.) If not, there's still the locally made stuff.

Go figure Genjyo and the Marlboro Reds. They're a tad expensive, but they aren't exactly top of the line. Of course, cigarettes in China are phenomenally cheaper than they are in the United States. They'd have to be if 99% of all adult Chinese men smoke. Ha ha.

I'm a Camel Turkish Jades 100s person myself. Ten dollars cheaper than Marlboros and they taste far better, IMO. X-D

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the info. I'm actually not looking for a particular brand, but a particular scent, which was unclean. I think I should have phrased the question, 'what do you think Gojyo's hair smells like (and not cigerrettes, because this is fantasy land.)'

And I try to to use brand names unless Minukura already has, just because they personally throw me out of the fic, plus I want to save my handwaving for travel times. *grin*

[chomiji]

I can totally see Hakkai liking show music. And comic stuff with an intellectual bent, like PDQ Bach and (wait for it, smillaraaq ...!) Tom Lehrer.

Arrrgh, not somebody-done-somebody-wrong C&W with whiny twangs! No C&W or bluegrass for Gojyo, please! I can easily see all kinds of rock, but I bet he has a special passion for Jim Steinman's over-the-top passion ballads (Meatloaf's "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" and Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart," for example) and maybe a secret love of sappy love songs ... .

[droiche.livejournal.com]

Nah. I'm talking about hard driving truckers and bad boys & girls kinds of C&W music. There's nothing whiny about those, IMO. For the record, I'm referring to classic C&W and bluegrass. I don't care much for the new stuff, but I'm still rather fond of the stuff I heard as a kid (1940s-to early 1980s, IIRC).

[nimblnymph.livejournal.com]

Oooo... what a fun question! Okay, here's kinda what I think:

Gojyo~ Music, obviously rock. Probably something classic or leaning toward metal. Guilty pleasure... techno. With heavy bass lines and lots of dark, sensual undertones. Think a little along the lines of Aphix Twins.

Hakkai~ Music, something soothing, like Nora Jones or Pete Yash. As a guilty pleasure, hard core, borderline emo punk. I'm thinking My Chemical Romance on this one, and maybe even The Used.

Goku~ Happy punk, aka Fallout Boy and Panic! At the disco. Guilty pleasure: I could see Goku liking classical music, if only because it's so beautiful that it allows you to imagine things. *nods* Light classical though, like maybe Mozart... or, if we were going a little more contemporary, maybe include Cirque du Soleil in this category. Not that he would EVER go and get it himself. Gojyo would tease him horribly for it. That's why he begs Hakkai to, pretty pleeeeeease, go get it for him?

Sanzo~ Doesn't listen to music. Why would he want to? His guilty pleasure... he's got a collection of music hidden inside the temple that's insane and covers everything from AC/DC to Tchaikovsky. The three talking heads keep cutting off the Best Buy card that mysteriously was assigned to the temple... and somehow it keeps opening back up again. Does Sanzo care? No. He wants the new Maroon 5 cd, damn it!


*grins* Of course, that's all mostly just playing around. Ahhh... fun!

The Beauty and the Beast castle... Are you talking about the one used in the original black and white movie, La Belle et le Bete? Or are you referring to a historical place for the REAL story? And I'm sorry about your slapstick moment! I swear to God I wasn't laughing. Not at all. Are you okay though?

[droiche.livejournal.com]

I totally agree with you about Genjyo's musical guilty pleasures. I imagine his secret music collection would be as eclectic as mine. I've got everything from DMX to JS Bach, but I'm picky about exactly which artists and songs I listen to.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'm okay.

And... how about all of them? That way I can figure out which castles would be easy to see. I'm having a week break from school, and I'm looking forward to doing some day trips from Paris, so... if it's close, I could go see it.

[(Anonymous)]

I am sorry your classmates are not the greatest (are they international students too?), but still, France YAY!

It is harder to meet up with people by not living in the dorm, and none of us are sure what happened to Sand3. I still am able to meet up with people by going up to Ridgeway or bumping into people in the library.

My apartment is fantastic, minus no internet and having to cook. My roommate this year is very nice. She is not in the fandoms I am, but on our third day there she made me curry for dinner so that's alright.

Senior homework is horrible, full of confusion and really long chapters. I do like my classes though. I am currently in two accounting and one management class. What are your classes like?

usag_kijo@msn.com

love,
fantomfantasy

[fantomfantasy.livejournal.com]

I am sorry your classmates are not the greatest (are they international students too?), but still, France YAY!

It is harder to meet up with people by not living in the dorm, and none of us are sure what happened to Sand3. I still am able to meet up with people by going up to Ridgeway or bumping into people in the library.

My apartment is fantastic, minus no internet and having to cook. My roommate this year is very nice. She is not in the fandoms I am, but on our third day there she made me curry for dinner so that's alright.

Senior homework is horrible, full of confusion and really long chapters. I do like my classes though. I am currently in two accounting and one management class. What are your classes like?

usag_kijo@msn.com

love,
fantomfantasy

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

It's good that you still can get together with people. And I know Sand3 is living a bit further off campus than you are - and when we get back, we should totally invite ourselves over to her place and bring anime and make sure she doesn't drop of the grip TOO throughly.

And as someone who is recently without internet, that must totally suck. I'm suprised you're handling it so well - I'd be going a bit crazy. Well, I am.

There's nothing like a roomate who cooks. And curry sounds delicious. I'm glad that you like your classes, even if the homework is horrible.

And yeah, most of the other students here are from America, and came her for the express purpose to getting wasted.

*sigh*

Still, France!

No, I meant, what's your ACTUAL mailing adress? Could you e-mail me that?

Keep your chin up and don't get too stressed over the school work.

Love,
redbrunja.